Patton’s Third Army Drives Toward Saar Front Near Metz
U S armored and infantry thrust beyond the 1918 line deepening a Metz wedge toward the Saar border as Sgt 600 tanks engage in the fourth day of fighting. Fourth division units reach Lucy and Luppy near the Sarrebruck rail line while others advance from Delme Ridge toward Haboudange. Rain and minefields slow progress as Third Army forces push toward Luxembourg and the industrial Saar, repelling two German counterattacks near Mazieres.
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William Frye
London
U. S
Metz
Sarrebourg
Germany
Saar
George Patton
Berlin
Brach Licy Fourth Division
Lucy
Sarrebrourg
Delme Ridge
Sixth Armored Division
Luppy
Chateau Salins
Haboudange
Third Army
Mazieres
Moselle
Luxembourg
French Government Wins Place At Peace Table
The United States Britain and Russia invite the French provisional government at Paris to join the European advisory commission in London Moscow and Washington. The move aims to study European questions including Germanys surrender terms and future peace while France plays a vital role. Representatives inform Paris of the invitation during Churchill's Armistice Day visit.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
de Gaul Gevernment
France
European Advisory Commission
Paris
Churchill
London
Oscow
Stettinius
Moscow
Germany
Europe
French Republic
Japs Pour In Reserves For Final Stand
General MacArthur's headquarters reports at Philippi on November 11 that Japan has launched a renewed assault after landing from a 19 ship convoy. The force, termed Tiger Malaya, involves more than 100 men and hundreds of fresh Nipponese troops flooding the area to reinforce the Leyte battle.
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MacArthur
HE —Arters
Philippi
Japan
Malaya
Leyte
Armistice Reflections and Frontline Resolve from War Memoir
Twenty six years past Armistice Day the narrator recalls British front lines in France as guns fired to the last moment. He urges home front support and continuous aid to end the war quickly while noting heavy fighting near Metz and a growing Allied push to secure German communications east of the stronghold. General Eisenhower’s strategic posture shapes the emerging compact front.
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France
United Nations
Holland
Swiss
Metz
Patton
Eisen
Allied World Observes Grim Armistice Day
The Associated Press reports a war weary nation marking Armistice Day with prayer and hope for lasting peace. The Arlington ceremony at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier would see President Roosevelt preside over the wreath placement, with participation from patriotic groups nationwide.
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Allied World
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Churchill joins De Gaulle in Armistice Day tribute in Paris
Prime Minister Churchill, praised as a wandering minstrel of diplomacy, joined Gen. Charles de Gaulle in a wreath laying at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and watched a Champs Elysees parade during Paris Armistice Day ceremonies. Eden accompanied Churchill for talks on politics and economics with France.
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Paris
Churchill
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Anthony Eden
Royal Air Force
Champs Elysees
Veterans urge veterans to sit at peace conference
Edward N Scheiberling, national commander of the American Legion, urged that war veterans attend the peace table to ensure lasting peace. Speaking at Arlington Cemetery on Armistice Day, he said the U S must involve those who have endured war to shape enduring peace terms.
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Washington
Navy
Edward N Scheiberling
American Legion
Arlington National Cemetery
Scheiberling
America
Eighth Army Advances North of Forli in WW2 Drive
Rome dispatch reports Eighth Army troops pushing north of captured Forli, breaking German lines from the Bologna Rimini highway. Snow blankets fronts, and German positions hold along the Montone river while Castrocaro is evacuated. Indian troops seize Monte Budriaso east of the Faenza road.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Forli
Bologna - Rimini
Montone
Castrocaro
Fifth Army
Bologna
Monte Budriaso
Faenza Road
British Agents Hunting Down V-2 Platforms
British agents on the continent are reported hunting launching sites for V-2 rockets to aid heavy bombers. Churchill lifted censorship as reports describe the 1,000 mile per hour weapon and its effects, with eyewitness accounts of the red flash and deep爆 blast.
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London
England
Churchill
Reds Try Bold Flank Maneuvers Against Budapest
Moscow reports a two front outflanking push near Budapest as Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army advances west of the Tisza river bridgehead and Tito troops move west of the Danube toward Pecs. Mezőkövesd is breached and Russian forces push a salient from the Tisza to the Matra foothills, threatening German and Hungarian positions. The 6th Army group has seized 4,100 prisoners in 48 hours, raising total Hunger invasion captures to over 46,000 since October 6.
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Moscow
Budapest
Rodio Y. Maalinovsky
Second Ukraine
Tisza
Miskolcz
Tito
Danu
Hungary
Pecs
Malinovsky
Mezokovesd
Matra Mountains
Borsodszemere
Cromwell Divorce Case Details Embassy Expenses
Doris Duke Cromwell sponsored wines liquors and flowers for the U S embassy in Ottawa while husband James Cromwell served as Canada minister but refused to pay other costs. Witness says she provided 426000 plus to him from 1937 to 1940. he demanded seven million endowment for the divorce.
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Reno
Doris Duke Cromwell
United States
Ottawa
Canada
William McKnight
New Jersey
Cromwell
Demand for Heavy Artillery Shells Is Barely Met
War Mobilization Director Byrnes, in Columbia, warns demand for artillery ammunition exceeds supply. He notes shells are loaded into freight cars as soon as TNT hardens, as forces in Europe and the Pacific draw on rapid production ahead of schedule. He cites Eisenhower and MacArthur contingents relying on heavy artillery and 105 mm ammo, with production shifted from next March.
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Byrnes
Columbia
S. C
Eisenhower
Pacific
MacArthur
Memorial services resumed for 14000 American dead at Meuse Argonne cemetery
ROMAGNE France Nov 11 4 Memorial services for 14000 American dead buried in the Meuse Argonne cemetery were resumed at 11 am today for the first time since Armistice Day 1939. Soldiers and WAC members attended the service. Hymns were sung by a combined Protestant and Catholic choir of enlisted men from Twelfth Army group headquarters.
Bombers Hit Coblenz and Gelsenkirchen in Armistice Day Attack
Eighth Air Force bombers with fighters attacked Germany's Ruhr oil plants and railroads, striking Coblenz and Gelsenkirchen on Armistice Day. About 450 heavy bombers and an equal number of fighters participated, while U S air forces in Italy targeted southern Germany. Also RAF Mosquitos bombed Hannover rail yards and factories through snow and sleet after two night raids.
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London
U. Eighth Air Force
Germany
Ruhr
Gelsenkirchen
Coblenz
U.S
1Sth
Italy
Berlin
Hannover
It's 34 Now For America's Ace Pilot
It's 34 Now For America's Ace Pilot AN AMERICAN AIRBASE ON LEYTE Nov. 11. Army Maj. Richard J. Bong, America's ace of aces, shot down a Japanese fighter over Ormoc Bay as five escorts attacked a 19-ship convoy. Bong opened fire and the plane went down in flames, achieving his 34th victory with ease.
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Leyte
America
Army
Richard J. Bong
Ormoc Bay
Bong
Wis
Shell Shocked Hitler Leaves Hospital 26 Years Ago
On the morning marking 26 years since the war ended, Hitler was released from a Pasewalk military hospital as fit for duty. Meanwhile Roosevelt Churchill Stalin prepare for postwar diplomacy while Hitler’s fate remains uncertain and fading from the public eye.
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Hitler
London
Pasewalk
Adolf Hitler
Missing Columbia Baby Found By Raleigh Police
A 19 month old girl named Jeanette Ruth was recovered by Raleigh police after being entrusted to a young married woman in Columbia. Police reported the infant and the woman were found around 12 45 a m after an alarm from the child's parents and Lieut E T Peacock and his wife prompted the search. The officer and his wife had left the baby with the woman while away from the hotel.
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Columbia
L. J. Campbell
Raleigh
N. C
Campbell
E. T. Peacock
Columbia Army Air Base
Shortage Of Cigarettes Scored By OPA
Washington reports no solid reason for an acute cigarette shortage says Thomas I. Emerson enforcement chief of the office of price administration. He cites increased smoking and hoarding as likely causes and notes some cities show racketeer type practices while urging immediate action to curb the flow into regular trade. Hillsboro editor and publisher noted for News of Orange County J Roy Parker and Harry S Large oversee the paper printed here for the first time after ten months in Ahoskie.
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Washington
Thomas I. Emerson
Office of Price Administration
Emerson
OPA
Hillsboro
N. C
News of
Orange County
J. Roy Parker
Harry 8S
Ahoskie
Bombing of Nanking by B-29s Marks Second Daylight Strike
U S war dispatch reports B-29 bombers from China bases attacked Nanking docks and warehouses in a daylight raid. Japan claims American planes appeared over North Kyushu, while the War Department promises details as they become available.
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Washington
China
Nanking
War Department
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Pangkalan Brandon
Sumatra
Japanese reinforcements move toward Ormoc amid air and sea attacks
Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita risks dwindling cargo ships as reinforcements for Ormoc push forward under repeated American air and torpedo boat strikes. Heavy rain squalls hinder movements, with about ten thousand to thirty five thousand additional enemy troops noted alongside three fresh divisions.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japan
Ormoc
U S Policy Stance Toward Poland Remains Unchanged
Washington reports the United States will not guarantee a settlement between Poland and Russia. Officials note Poland in exile in London seeks guidance via John Ciechanowski while Churchill and Stalin discuss boundaries. The issue centers on Curzon line claims and compensation with East Prussia and other German areas.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Russia
London
John Ciechanowski
Ciechanowski
State Department
Chicago
Churchill
Stalin
Pola
Red Army
Curzon Line
East Prussia
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Reds
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Winston Churchill
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Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
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